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Scraps and Jacts. ? Says a Washington dispatch of Saturday: The house bill making the census bureau permanent, received final consideration today at the hands of the senate committee on census. Senator Quarles was authorized to report the bill on Monday and to make an effort to get immediate consideration of it. The committee recommends that all the members of the census office force who are on the rolls at the passage of the act, shall be included in the classified service "without further examination." The director's salary is raised from $5,000 to $7,500 per annum. The fact was brought out in the hearings on the bill that there are now about 1.900 persons employed in the clerical force of the office, who would be legislated into the classified service if the bill should immediately become a law. ? M. Kamtcheff, the Bulgarian minister of public instruction, was assassinated in his study at Sofia last Thursday. The slayer was a Macedonian, who shot and killed himsen. The assassin pretended that he was the bearer of a petition and was shown into the minister's library where the latter received him. He drew a pistol and shot Kamtcheff, then turned the weapon on himself, blowing out his own brains. The news spread rapidly through the city and caused intense excitement. There were rumors that it was the opening strike for vengeance and troops were hurried to guard the palace and to clear the streets. Kamt-j cheff has been the friend and protectoij of Miss Stone and it was la*g?M through his personal efforts that Buij garia was brought to manifest any in' terest in her case. ? Pmp Admiral Samnson. throurrli his lawyers, has filed a protest against :he claim set up by Rear Admiral Schley to the effect that he was in supreme command during the battle off Santiago. The protest is based on these grounds: 1. That the question of command was not before the court of inquiry, and that his counsel was not permitted to introduce evidence upon this point. 2. That his flagship, the New York, was never out of signal distance of the American squadron during the battle. When the New York left the blockading station, he had given orders to have ready for hoisting the signal directing Commodore Schley to assume command, but that such signals had not been hoisted when the enemy endeavored to escape from the harbor. Far from deserving credit for the victory, Sampson's attorneys assert, Schley was actually guilty of disobedience or orders of his commander in chief. "These orders," says the brief, "were to close in and to hold the enemy at the harbor's mouth." Schley so understood the orders. He hoisted that very signal. When he saw the enemy approaching that part of the line guarded by his own vessel he looped. He withdrew from the battle formation and left a hale in the line, interfering with the Texas, which would have stopped the gap, and caused her to back, thereby giving to the enemy a double opportunity of which they availed themselves, to escape through the interval he had made." ? Secretary Hester's weekly cotton statement, issued last Friday, shows for the seven days of yebruary a decrease under last year of 50,000 bales, and a decrease under the same period year before last of 90,000. For the 160 days of the season that have elapsed the aggregate is ahead of the same days of last year 322,000 bales, and ahead of the same period year before last of 967,000 bales. The amount brought into sight during the past week has been 132,567 bales, against 182,154 for the same seven days last year and 222,405 year before last. The movement since September 1 shows receipts at^ all United States ports to be 5,986,000 bales, against 5,477,755 last year; overland across the Mississippi, Ohio and Potomac rivers to northern mills and Canada, 754,987, against 845,217 last year; interior stocks in excess of those held at the close of the commercial year, 440,922 bales, against 645,802 last year, and southern mill takings 8<9,oou Dales, against 770,851 last year. The total movement since September 1 is 8,061,715 bales, against 7,739,625 last year and 7,094,522 year before last. Foreign exports for the week have been 124,476 bales against 113,989 last year, making the total thus far for the season, 4,658,573, against 4,056,682 last year. The total takings of American mills, north and south and Canada thus far for the season have been 2,307,295 bales, against 2.166,845 last year. Stocks at the seaboard and the 29 leading southern interior centres have decreased during the week, 86,419 bales, against a decrease during the corresponding period last season of 27,025. Including stocks left over at ports and interior towns from the last crop, and the number of bales brought into sight thus far for the new crop, the supply to date is 8,421,402 bales, against 7,862,159 for the same period last year. ? Charleston Post: The nomination by the president and confirmation by the senate of Ben Daniels, Rough Rider, to be Pnited States marshal for Arizona, has made a great stir. The president picked Daniels because of his gallantry in service in the war with Spain. That was all right, of course, but it seems that the war record is not thj only interesting chapter in Daniels's career. He has been a bad man in the west, has killed a man and been shot up and had his ear chewed off. These things, the president knew, but he be lieved that they showed Daniels to be just the right sort for marshal of the territory, where there is considerable wickedness to be found, requiring a firm hand and a cool head to cope with properly. So the president named Daniels for the place and sent the nomination to the senate. The judiciary committee, presided over by that son of the Pilgrims, Senator Hoar, examined into the case and found no flaw in Daniels's record, despite his shooting and chewing career, and they recommended his confirmation. The senate promptly acted according to the committee's recommendation and confirmed the appointment. Then after the commission had been sent to Daniels, somebody said that the new marshal had a prison record, having done time lor larceny. This was a new and rath er different proposition and it rather jarred the senators. They called for a reconsideration of the confirmation and ordered a new investigation by the committee on the judiciary. Meanwhile the president suspended the commission to Daniels until a determination could be reached. That is the way the matter now stands. It is reported that there is evidence to show tnat uanieis nas never Deen in prison and that some other man has been confused with him in this matter. If this proves to be true, he will be allowed to take office, the other features of his record being considered no bar to his advancement. But the incident shows two things; that it is not always safe to pick officers of the law for bravery in battle, and that the senate committee on the judiciary cannot be depended upon to make very searching investigation of appointments referred to it. Jhr jjlorki'illr (Enquirer. YORKWIXI^R WEDNESDAY. FEB'R'Y. 12. 1902. *""* The pig crop seems to be as short this year as it was last. Pigs at six weeks old are readily bringing $2 each. Why this condition of affairs has not been foreseen and provided for is dif ficult to cc.mprenena. Senator Tillman is opposing the confirmation of the appointment of Jeff Richardson, as postmaster at Greenville, because the Greenville News said unkind things of him. In other words the senator resorts to this method of getting personal revenge against a political enemy. It will be interesting to note whether the United States senate will stand sponsor for such smallness. The scarcity of farm labor, and especially of desirable croppers to work on shares, or who are able to guarantee standing rent, seems to be bringing the country face to face with the proposition that the farming operations of the near future must be conducted almost entirely on the wage system. There are evidences that the lien law has about done all the damage that it will be able to do. ? On the first page of this issue, is published an interesting review of the cotton situation by Alfred B. Shepperson, from a bear standpoint. Theodore H. Price, referred to in the review, and who is generally on the bull side of the market, is out in a subsequent statement in which he re-iterates his claim that the crop will amount to less than 10,000,000 bales, and that unless American spinners supply themselves without more delay, they will have to pay a steep price for their cotton. The Cook County. Illinois, Marching club, stopped in Charlotte last Sunday on its way to Charleston, remaining over from 7.30 o'clock in the evening until 4 o'clock next morning. Because it was Sunday, there was no speech making or other official demonstration, and some of the dispatches have it that the members of the club were not pleased with their treatment. The account that the Charlotte Observer gives of the club's stay in the city, does not indicate, however, that there was any lack of proper hospitality. It is stated, on what seems to be very good authority, that President Roosevelt is positively opposed to Crumpacker's proposition to investigate Southern election methods, and that because of his opposition, those who have been most active in the undertaking will probably abandon it. Crumpacker's keen interest in the subject is attributed to the fact that there are some 20,000 Negro voters in Indiana, and they are threatening to go Into the Democratic party unless something is done on the southern franchise question. The latest news from young Theodore Roosevelt, contained in the dispatches of Monday, was to the effect that both lungs had become affected and his condition was quite critical. The doctors were then of opinion that the crisis was to be expected today (Wednesday). It appears that the young patient's trouble is probably due to too much violent exercise. For some time past long walks across country have been a fad with the Groton boys. It was the custom to discard hats and go bareheaded, and there was rivalry as to speed and endurance. Young Roosevelt was the winner in an eight-mile contest one day last week, and shortly afterward pneumonia developed. ? The officers and students of the University of the South, at Sawanee, Tennessee, are being terrorized by the mountaineers of the vicinity because of the laundry of the students. Up until recently the laundry work was done by the mountain people. A steam laundry was established and it was destroyed by an incendiary fire. The college authorities announced it as their intention to rebuild. Then came anonymous communications threatening death and destruction to all concerned. Vice-Chancellor D. L. Wiggins and Steward It. L. Comme have left the community for their personal safety. The people of Sewanee say that if the laundry is established in the town they will protect it. To the very great disappointment of the peope of Chareston and of South Carolina generally, the president has been compelled to cancel his engagement to attend the Charleston exposition today. It is because of the sudden illness of his son, Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., with pneumonia, at the Groton Mass., preparatory school. The young man's illness developed last Friday and it was of such a nature as to call for a complete change in the president's plan. Because it became necessary for Mrs. Roosevelt to hasten to the bedside of her son, it was at first arranged that the president would keep the < Charleston appointment; but he would not leave the ladies of the cabinet behind. Afterward the doctors decided that the presence of the president at the bedside of his son might become necessary at any moment, and consequently, it would not be well for him to venture so far away. On Sunday i the president went to Groton. He found Theodore, Jr., much better, but ( not yet out of danger. THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. More Important Proceeding;" of the Hoone and Senate. Columbia, February 10.?Another week of the legislature's 40 days In Columbia has gone and many matters of major and minor Importance have been disposed of, although the assembly has really put in only four days work. Friday and Saturday were spent in Charleston seeing the sights of the exposition on the invitation of the exhibition management. The governor and many state officials went down on the special train with the legislators. Before leaving, the two houses held the first joint session for the ratification of acts Thursday night. In all 29 j&ills which had been "passed" by both houses were "ratified," and having been signed by the governor will become laws at the respective dates named within their provisions. The most important acts ratified?and jn all probability the most important to be passed this session?were the bill regulating the drawing of jurors and the bill adopting the codification of the statutes. Both of these are measures incapable of arousing enthusiasm; but so far as the machinery of government and law is concerned they are of fundamental importance. Among other acts ratified were the following: An act to provide for the payment of costs in criminal cases where transfered from one county to another. An act to amend section 1919?of the general statutes in regard to the ap praisement of personal property of Intestates so as to allow qualified electors to act as appraisers. An act to protect keepers of boarding houses. An act to prevent the sale of certain firecrackers. An act to amend the act relating to the issue of Savannah Valley railroad bonds by the city of Anderson. An act to incorporate the French Broad and Southern railroad. An act to amend section 984 of the Revised Statutes, relieving dentists from jury duty. An act to give a copy of the code and acts to the University of the South, at Sewanee, Tenn. An act providing for the winding up or dissolution of all corporations. An act to provide for the sale or exchange of c#tain railroad bonds held , by Chesterfield county. ' A joint resolution to authorize the secretary of state to give to the Ladies' Memorial association at Greenwood one of the broken granite columns on the state house grounds. An act relating to the distribution of the dispensary profits in Banberg county. An act authorizing cities and towns to issue registered bonds in exchange for outstanding coupon bonds or to liquidate past indebtedness. It is surprising to the uninitiated how much time either house can devote to seemingly trivial measures or to seemingly trivial portions of a measure. The senate, for instance, spent several nours on a parliamentary point one day last week, the discussion being at one time rather more than lukewarm between the presiding officer, Lieutenant Governor Tillman and Senator Graydon. A clash between the lieutenant governor and some senator or other would surprise no one. Then in the house Thursday night, while Mr. Efird's proposition not to accept pay for the two days in- Charleston was before the house, a spirited debate took place and Mr. T. Y. Williams gave Mr. Eflrd about the warmest tongue-lashing ever heard in that historic chamber. Mr. Izlar also took an oratorical fall out of Mr. Eflrd on this occasion. Both houses have spent a good deal of time discussing and amending the bill to include domestic fowls in the provisions of the general stock law, and since amendmehts were made to it by each house the measure is now in the hands of a conference' committee. Outside of this bill and the child labor bill, the house has not considered any measure of very general interest the last week; but in fact the house has about disposed of all the leading or "paramount" isues. The senate, on the other hand, has yet to act on two bills that have passed the house. One is the redistricting bill that will be sure to excite a contest, perhaps a lively one, and the other is the biennial sessions proposition. The senate has passed Senator Ilderton's bill "to regulate the liability of railroads having a relief department" which in effect requires railroads having such departments to carry out the provisions of its establishment, thus giving them the force of law. The house passed Mr. W. J. Johnson's bill "to require railroads and rail road companies to accept as full payment for freight, the rate provided by the bill of lading and the pro rata of freight on the amount or quantity of goods delivered," the measure being intended to prevent double charges on freight handled by more roads than one. Mr. Cooper's bill perfecting the wea- ' pon act. which had passed the last session has received in the house its last reading. It forbids the carrying of a pistol less than 20 inches in length and three pounds in weight. Mr. W. J. Johnson offered an amendment that it be unlawful for a person i to carry a tooth-pick, knife or fire- ( cracker unless more than 20 inches in i length and non-explosive. The amend- i mont was lost in a storm of ayes and < nays. ; Senator Appelt's bill to regulate the < traffic in seed cotton was taken up in the senate. The bill provided that "all ? dealers shall pay a license of $2 per 1 year. No sale shall be made between I sunset and sunrise. All dealers shall i keep a book showing the names of parties from" whom the purchases are made and the number of pounds bought." There was a considerable discussion over the measure, after which the bill was killed. This Is the second bill on the same subject to be killed In the senate at this session. None of the so-called "anti-trust bills" have been taken up In either house, but Senator Henderson has introduced a bill "providing procedure to enable the attorney general to secure testimony In relation to the violation of acts prohibiting trusts and combinations and violations of law by corporations." The bill, It Is understood, was drawn by the attorney general aifll embodied the suggestions made by him on the subject In his recent special message to the general assembly. The bill provides that the attorney general may secure an order from the courts requiring the production of such books and papers as he may deem necessary in making investigations of violations of the trust laws. S. C. & G. EX. CONSOLIDATION. Camden nnsiness Men Endorse the Proposition?Senate Is Friendly to the Measnre. By telegraph to the Yorkville Enquirer. Columbia, February 10.?In the senate tonight, the bill authorizing the consolidation of the A'sheville and Spartanburg, South Carolina and Georgia Extension and Carolina Midland railroads passed a third reading without opposition. Senator Graydon got in an amendment requiring the Southern to recognize the jurisdiction of state courts, and Senator Sarratt secured another requiring the road to keep up and operate branch roads in the same manner as at present. A committee representing the board of trade of Camden spent the day in Columbia to look into the pending consolidation bill. The committee consisted of Mr. C. J. Shannon, Jr., Manus Baum, E. Miller Boykin and F. M. Zemp. The committee represents the largest business interests of Kershaw county. They went into the situation thoroughly and in a businesslike way inspected the bill, conferred with the railroad authorities and their representatives here, and after going fully and carefully over the facts and situation agreed to support the bill and to approve of the proposed consolidation of the South Carolina and Georgia, Asheville and Spartanburg, Carolina Midland, South Carolina and Georgia Extension corrtpany railroads. This representative business committee urged the members from Kershaw county to favor the consolidation bill and do all they could to secure the passage of the measure, and advised their representatives that if they could, they would instruct them to support the bill. August Kohn. ?~ MERE-MENTION. '^proton school, at which young Theodore Roosevelt contracted pneumonia, has been dlsmised ortfaccount of what seemed to be a threatened epidemic of the disease The United States senate is still discussing the Philippine question, and will likely be occupied on It during the remainder of the present week Manchester spinners are reported to be very much concerned at the cotton situation, they being in doubt whether the price will go higher or lower There was a $300,000 fire in Brooklyn last Sunday and about 14 pecnile were more or less seriously hurt. ....?> There are 75 prisoners in the new Federal prison in Atlanta The National Cotton Seed Delinting company has been chartered with a capital stock of $1,000,000. It will manufacture machines to delint cotton seed and inanu facture cotton seed oil Mrs. Libbie Barnhill, of Tennessee, has secured a verdict for $20,000 against L. T. Morgan, of Fayette county, Texas, forkilling her husband. The verdict specifies that half of the amount is for exemplary damages and half for actual damages The city of Patterson, N. J., was almost destroyed by fire last Sunday. The loss is estimated at more than $10,000,000 The husband of Mrs. Soffel has procured counsel for her, but he refuses to see her Associate Justice Shiras, of the United States supreme court, has announced it as his intention to resign. It is reported that ex-Attorney General Grigg will be his successor...,X-It is reported that Rockefeller and Morgan have arranged to form an eighty million dollar glucose trust A Boston dispatch says that Secretary of the Navy Long was in that city a few days ago making arrangements to return to private life Emperor William of Germany, has issued an order in which he bars spiritualists from the imperial court Rear Admiral Sampson was retired from the navy last Saturday on account of having reached the age limit, 62 years. He is quite ill at his home in Washington The Virginia constitutional convention is still wrestling with the suffrage question The director of the census made a statement last Saturday in regard to the increase of population in places of less than 4,000 inhabitants east and west of th " Mississippi river, showing that east of the Mississippi river such towns have grown more rapidly in the last ten years than during the years 1880 to 1890. A study of the population changes shows that the tide of westward immigration has been receding and rural regions, which in the previous dec ade lost population, are now regaining it The president of a St. Louis street car company has been arrested on the charge of perjury in connection with the bribery and corruption of the city council A company of Richmond capitalists has been incorporated with a view to developing the trolley business in Great Britain. L'lnclinintl Day. Next Saturday is Cincinnati Day at the Charleston exposition. On account of the occasion, a handsomely engraved invitation has been sent out generally over the country as follows: "The citizens of Cincinnati cordially invite >-ou to the formal opening of the Cincinnati building at the South Carolina Interstate and West Indian Exposition it Charleston, S. C., on February 15, 1902. and to make their building your headquarters when in Charleston at tny time during the exposition." UOCAX. AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. The Enquirer?Offers smooth manila paper for architect's plans and dressmaker's patterns. The Enquirer?Tells you that you ought to see it before placing your orders for Job printing of any description. L. M. Grist & Sons?Offer for sale a second-hand kerosene engine, 4 h. p., in good condition, at less than half first cost. J. M. Heath & Co.?Invite the attention of the ladies to $1,000 worth of new trimmings that they have just received. u f. liOwrance & uo.?ask you 10 ouy fresh snowflake crackers from them. They also offer peeled pie peaches at $1.20 the dozen cans. J. J. Keller & Co.?Want you to see them before you buy builders' hardware, and they want you to see them before you begin to do any painting. Jas. M. Starr & Co.?Call attention to their stock of Landreth's garden seeds, and to their guano, etc. Standard Oil Co.?Informs you that you can make your harness as soft as a glove and as tough as wire by using Eureka harness oil. The Enquirer?Has a fur cape which the owner can secure by identifying property and paying for advertisement. A. M. Grist?Advertises two Utlca fire extinguishers for sale at low prices. Glenn & Allison?Talk to you about horses and mules, the Olds wagon, and buggies and harness. They give a personal guarantee on everything they sell. t^WITHIN THE TOWN. ? Next Friday is Valentine Day. ? Rev. J. C. Johnes referred to the local whisky agitation in his sermon of last Sunday. He reminded his hearers of their pledge to renounce the works of the devil, and he said that whisky was one of those works. He said also that church members are also in a large measure responsible for "blind tigerl8m," for without the support of church members, blind tigers could not flourish. ? Inquiry of the mayor and clerk of the town council, develops that the recently circulated petition for an election on the question of a dispensary has not yet been filed. There are those who believe that the petition will not he filed; that the agitation was commenced merely with a view to deter mining whether the town, like the dog of Scripture, Is ready to go back to Its vomit, and as signs are not favorable, the matter will not be pushed further. The anti-dlspensary fighters are not especially anxious for an election, becaues they do not consider It necessary; but if the Issue Is forced again, they will be on hand to meet It. ? Mayor Willis, on Monday, sentenced Jim Barber, alias Jim Smith, to the chaingang for 60 days for selling whisky In violation of the ordinance of the town, In two cases. The case is a rather peculiar one. It seems that the Negro got Into trouble because of his dishonesty with his patrons. In one case a white man gave hlWi 50 cents with which to bring llqu<n\ He -took the money and neglected to show up again. The white man made it his business to follow the matter up and gave the Negro to understand that he must either produce the whisky or refund the money. The Negro gave up a quarter and got a pint of whisky. In the other case, the complaint was that the whisky furnished had been liberaly watered. The testimony as to the sale was direct in both instances, and the mayor, as usual, went to the full extent of the law with the sentence. Smith is reported to have sworn revenge against both witnesses, declaring what he will do with them when he gets off the chaingang. As his case will be turned lo tor nn Q rwl O a it i Q U> CI LU 111C oia It labC! U1I, uiiu WW ?v ? understood that Blackaburg wants him, It Is probable that his vengeance will be someivhat deferred. _ y ABOUT PEOPLE. \?lc? and Mrs. Loftln Sherrer, are ill qt their home west of Yorkvllle. T~Tl, W. Hardin, Esq., was down from BTacksburg last Monday on business. ~\jMr. J. Mack Brice left on Monday night to visit the exposition at Charleston. Mrs. J. T. Smith, of Concord, N. C., is in Yorkville, on a visit to the Misses Cody. W. S. Hart, Esq.. went down to Columbia, Monday night, on professional business. _LMrs. Gus Matthews, of Clover, visitor Mr. J. Q. Wray's family in Yorkville, last week. Mr. T. R. Cox, manager of the Victor Cotton Oil mill, went over to Spartanburg county last week. >jfc>r. John Bowen, who purchased the Xpl-k Drug store last Friday, arrived from Brookland, D. C., yesterday to take charge of his business. LMessrs. Crawford Moore, Carl Latimer, Mack Neely and Robert Frazier, of Chester, spent Sunday with friends in Yorkville. -JMiss Lula May Russell is here from Lafayette county, Miss., after an absence of about five years. She will remain probably a month. Columbia State: Mr. Jim Cansler, of Tirzah, candidate for railroad commissioner, is in the city. He says he will keep the boys from going to sleep on the campaign. Mr. Cansler is a successful farmer. ^_Mr. W. M. Faulkner, of King's Creek, was in Yorkville on Monday. He says that there is nothing of especial interest in his neighborhood except that quite a number of people are engaged in getting out cross ties for the South Carolina and Georgia Extension rail road. On returning to Columbia last Saturday from his visit to the exposition, Senator J. S. Brice, of York said: "The exposition is so much bigger and better than I had expected that I am at a loss for words to express myself. The buildings are beautiful, the exhibits are wonderfully complete and instructive, and the grounds are the prettiest I have ever seen." Mr. J. R. Culp, agent of the Carolina and Northwestern railroad at Yorkville, left last Saturday for Orange, Va., to investigate a position that he has been goffered at that place as the agent of the Southern. His present place pays $40 a month, and the Orange position pays $65. When he left, Mr. Culp had not definitely decided whether he would accept the new position, that depending on how he might like it. During his absence, Mr. G. A. Wadsworth has charge of the Yorkville agency. News and Courier, Monday: Mr. James Cansler, a prominent citizen of Tirzah, S. C., Is in the city, registered r at the Hytel Calhoun. Mr. Cansler en- 1 joys quite a reputation throughout this state for his good story-teling and j his oratorical powers; he knows how e to entertain the crowds. The Tirzahlte ~\ declared yesterday that, in spite of cer- i tain reports to the contrary, he had no t intention whatever of retiring from the South Carolina political arena. He says that he will be in the approaching T summer primary race for railroad commissioner. He has issued several thou- ^ sand cards over the state, bearing his photograph and a suggestion to the ^ sovereign voters to "remember Cansler." The aspirant for the office of commissioner of railroads has already begun forming his plans for the coming ( mmnaicn. in which he will take an ac tlve part. Mr. Cansler is a gentleman 1 of courteous bearing and pleasing address, with a knack of making friends ( wherever he goes. His political ad- I mirers and supporters say that Mr. i Cansler will stir up things when he i gets in the fight. He is an Inimitable I stump-speaker and he knows how to < amuse his hearers while he is bringing I them over to his way of thinking. SILK CULTURE. According to a Washington dispatch, Congressman Latimer is arranging to co-operate with Mrs. Coleman, of Seneca, and Miss Kelly, of Charleston, in the introduction of silk culture into Oconee and adjoining counties, it being a matter of definite satisfaction that the soil and climate are entirely favorable to the industry. Since the recent introduction of the subject, it has developed that silk culture is not a new thing even in this locality. Experiments were made alorig this line in Yorkville more tharfsix4y years ago, and although they were ne\\_ / er developed into commercial importance, it was demonstrated beyond a peradventure that there are no soil or climatic obstacles in the way. Captain L. M. Grist, ?of the firm of L. M. Grist & Sons, remembers very well the excitement that existed on the subject when he was a boy. It was along about the year 1840?possibly a year or two previous to that date; but not later. Speaking of the mater a day or two ago, he gave his recollections as follows: "Some fellow came through the country offering scions of morus multicalls, the species of white mulberry that is most esteemed for the feeding of silk worms. It has a larger leaf than the common white mulberry. The fellow had a smooth tongue and he painted glowing pictures of the wealth that was to be realized from the silk industry, representing that there were 'millions in it.' All that was necessary was to set out the mulberry trees, let them grow, and at the proper time to get the silk worms, which would produce the silk with but little trouble or attention. He offered his mulberry shoots at $5 each, except where the purchaser agreed to take them in quantity, when the price was lowes, "An I tn o nn m Kor c\f nonnlo honnmri interested in the representations of the stranger, and several purchased mulberry twigs for cultivation. * Among them I remember the late James Jefferys, General John A. Alston, and perhaps others. Both General Alston and Mr. JetTerys planted out the trees in their gardens. The trees grew all right and weie multiplied considerably. General Alston did not follow up the experiments; but Mr. JefTerys procured some silk worm eggs and went on with the test. He made a pound or two of sewing silk, and within a year or two abandoned the undertaking as not promising sufficient income to warrant the expense, time and trouble. "The late Dr. S. J. Shrewsbury and my father, the late John E. Grist, made some experiments along about the same time. It is my impression that Dr. Shrewsbury secured more extensive results than did any of the other experimenters, obtaining as much as five or six pounds of sewing thread; but because I was closer to them the experiments of my father made a more vivid impression upon me than did those of any of the other individuals mentioned. "My father's experiments were made in the printing office which then occupied a frame building which stood on the spot now occupied by Law Range, just to the rear of the court house. The eggs of the silk worm having been procured previously, were 'kept in a cool place until the mulberry leaves began to mature. Then the eggs were subjected to a warm temperature when they hatched. They began to feed on the leaves immediately after hatching, and they grew quite rapidly, At first a few leaves were sufficient to feed several hundred worms. Gradually, however, as the worms increased i in size, they began to require consid- < erable quantities each day. The feed ing was done by laying leaves on top of the worms. The worms matured in , about 30 days, shedding their skins j some three or four times in the mean- j time. At first they were black; but ( each time they shed their skins they ] took on a more transparent color. At j the end of about a month they began to , spin their silk and weave it into co- , coons. The cocoon, when completed, enveloped the worms completely. They were of a yellowish white color. The next operation was to subject the coccoons to sufficient heat to kill the worms inside. Then the thread, as fine as a spider web, was ready to unwind. The whole coccoon was composed of a single thread and if it had not been damaged vin any way, the unwinding operation was not interupted from start to finish. One or more cocoons were unwound at the same operation, according to desired strength of the thread to be made. I think my father secured two pounds of sewing silk in this way." "Was there ever an effort to market any of the products of these experiments?" "Not that I know. As well as I remember, my father sold some of the silk to Mr. W. P. McFadden, who was merchandising in Yorkville at the time, and used sbme of the thread that resulted from his experiments in making fish lines. What the others did with theirs I do not know, except o that I remember very well that all be- f came discouraged and let the prospec- C tive Industry fall through." 2 "What about the morus multicalis it nulberry trees? Are there any of them eft in this country?" "No. I think they have all dlsap>eared. The last one of which I have iny recolection, was set out by the late ?Vm. Hackett opposite the present resdence of Miss Janie Robinson. That vas more than 50 years ago." LLMAL LACONICS. kVreckS^-Hie C. N.-W. The southbound Carolina and NorthtVestern freight train jumped the track i short distance south of Gastonla last Vlonday afternoon. Two box cars were smashed, a Negro brakeman was slightly scratched, and some goods ivere damaged. The wreck delayed :ne passenger train aoout two nuura. ReuhlrliiK the Telephone Damage. /The work of repairing the lines of the Bedford Phone company, broken down by the recent freeze, is progressing steadily. The Bethel and Clover lines are in operation, and the Rock Hill line Is in operation to Tirzah. It Is expected that communication will be established over the other lines during the present week. Sound* Good. A Rutherfordton special to the Charlotte Observer says that there is a story in Rutherfordton to the effect that the Southern has taken charge of the South Carolina and Georgia Extension, and that in a few days it will put on vestlbuled trains to run through from Marlon to Charleston daily. This sounds good, but the probability is that the story is rather previous. The Southern will hardly make a move of this kind until the general assembly acts on the Hydrlck bill. Cherry Tree People Bonnu Over. \ Rutherfordton special of Friday, to the Charlotte Observer: W. H. Hester, H. L. Clower, C. D. Wilkie, G. W. Rollins and C. F. Geer, of the cherry tree concern, who have been on trial for the past two days charged with having used the mails for fraudulent purposes, were bound In a bond of $1,000 each for their appearance at the next term of the Charlotte Federal court. This makes 11 of the cherry tree men who have been bound over, and there are yet ofher arrests to be made. District Attorney Holton and C. E. Enteman left for Greensboro last evening. Sick on the Gang. A Negro named Sam Lewis, known to the guards as Cripple Dick, died on the chafneane last Wednesday, after a long illness with consumption. He had been sent up for eight months for the crime of housebreaking, committed at Hickory Grove, and had served two months of his sentence. Another Negro named Will McConnell was discharged last week nearly dead with consumption. Will Fewell, who is serving a long sentence for attempted poisoning, is very sick, and for awhile last week it was thought that he was about to die; but he is now somewhat better and it is thought that he may get well. Found In a Pine. ^r. J. E. Thomas, who lives on the AdaTPs Ferry road, showed the reporter, on Saturday, a bullet that he cut out a pine tree near Beersheba church, recently. The bullet was about the size of a buckshot and was evidently a ball from a squirrel rifle. It was found in the heart of a pine that was about 20 inches In diameter, and which had been dead for more than 20 ye^rs. There was nothing to indicate the track of the ball through the grain of the wood, nature having mended the way perfectly, and Mr. Thomas is of the opinion that taking all the circumstances into consideration, this bullet must have been in the tree something like a hundred years. The point at which the ball was found was about 15 feet above the earth. Burglary In Rock Hill. Burglars made an unsuccessful attempt to enter the store of the SmithFewell company, in Rock Hill, last Sunday morning at about 2 o'clock, by smashing one of the plate glass windows that fronts on the street. Officer J. n. u. jentuus uearu uie uiasu auu frightened the burglars away before they could complete their work. He had warned a Negro preacher, named Titus Land, out of an adjoining alley a short time before, and suspecting the Negro began searching for hlra. There was a lot of blood about the broken window, Indicating that somebody had been badly hurt there. A few hours later, Land was found In the office of a Negro physician, having a badly lacerated arm dressed. He said that he had been cut in a light the night before; but was of course arrested. Bloodhounds-followed a trail from the window down the South Carolina and Georgia Extension railroad to a point across the river, but did not bay their quarry. The Turkey Creek Hill. The Turkey creek hill, on the Plnckney road, is reported to be in a dangerous condition on account of a great gully some eight or ten feet wide and ten or twelve feet deep having eaten its way Into Its side. At one place the passage for wagons Is scarcely more than ten feet wide. On one side is a 3teep bank and on the other the yawnng gully, the perpendicular wall of tvhich undermines the road. A gentlenan who passed there Monday said that had it not been for the fact that the ground was frozen he was not cer:aln that his wagon would not have cut through the edge of the gully and turn>d over. It is probable that the road bed will have to be changed before safety :an be assured. It has been suggest;d more than once that It would be a rood idea to relocate the road at this joint In such a manner as to entirely :scape the dangerous and troublesome lill. But this will depend upon the jeople of the neighborhood. The couny board of commissioners are not auhorized to take any action in the mat er except upon petition. ^ lentli of Mm. Jenkinn. News and Courier, Monday: News vas received here yesterday announcng the death of Mrs. Caroline Jamilon Jenkins, widow of the late General dicah Jenkins, of the Confederate irmy, at Washington, D. C. This esimable lady was the oldest daughter if the late Gen. D. F. Jamison, the iresident of the memorable Secesion Convention of 1860, and for more than 0 years a member of the board of vistors of the State Military academy.